{"id":19,"date":"2011-07-03T21:45:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T01:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauraculic.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2012-08-11T17:51:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T21:51:42","slug":"true-beeswax-encaustic-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauraculic.com\/2011\/07\/03\/true-beeswax-encaustic-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Deed, 24\u2033 x 24\u2033 beeswax encaustic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Land Deed, 24\u2033 x 24\u2033 encaustic SOLD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Welcome to my new blog! I\u2019m really excited at this opportunity to be able to show off new work as soon as its complete, and to share my thoughts, progress and process with this fabulous medium of beeswax encaustic.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m currently preparing a lot of new paintings for the rapidly approaching Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition \u2014 Friday July 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th, at Nathan Phillips Square. This year I am once again located at Booth Orange 138, at the south west corner of the pool. All of my new work is encaustic \u2014 which I am mixing and layering with oil paint\u2026 sometimes also with collage, image transfer, watercolour, ink and graphite.<\/p>\n

Also very exciting to me is my new path of more abstracted works. My paintings continue to be very much based on the landscape and inspired by the natural world.  However, I have been exploring new ways of expressing the concept of the landscape by incorporating ideas that are recurrent and important to me; ideas such as geography and maps; science and environmental conservation; weather; exploration and navigation; history and memory; and the concept of one visiting an unknown terrain and one\u2019s attempts to make sense of it.  I\u2019m fascinated, as well, by the charts, documents and iconography that represent  human efforts to effect, manage or classify an environment \u2013 an environment over which the indomitable force of nature \u2014 I like to think \u2014 will prevail eventually.<\/p>\n

I find the medium of beeswax encaustic marvelous for exploring these diverse concepts. Beeswax is a sensual and organic medium \u2013 it seems very much alive \u2013 and works in harmony with my intuitive, archaeological-like process. I build up layer upon layer of wax and oil, then scrape and excavate \u2014  adding and removing, obscuring and revealing, until I have achieved a surface that is rich in depth, luminosity and texture, and an image replete with history, atmosphere and meaning.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ll be posting more new images asap \u2014 a bit of a preview of what can be seen at the TOAE<\/span>.\u2026. and I hope to see you at the show!<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to my new blog! I\u2019m really excited at this opportunity to be able to show off new work as soon as its complete, and to share my thoughts, progress and process with this fabulous medium of beeswax encaustic. I\u2019m currently preparing a lot of new paintings for the rapidly approaching Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition \u2026 <\/p>\n